The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2072
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
3:22 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1854
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.69° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.